...very manifest that it seems ridiculous to take any pains to prove it; nor could it ever be called into question, had not the interested sophistry of merchants...manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind. Their interest is, in this respect, directly opposite to that of the great body of the people." Adam...

...to take any pains to prove it; nor could it ever have been called into question, had not the £self] interested sophistry of merchants and manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind." (Health of Nations, Modern Library ed. New York, 1937, p. 461). 148 Let me end this part of my discussion...

...to deceive the public into believing that high domestic prices somehow serve the general interest: In every country it always is and must be the interest...manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind. Their interest is, in this respect, directly opposite to that of the great body of the people, (p....

...freedom. To him the mercantile system was a fraud perpetrated by the business class on the public: "The interested sophistry of merchants and manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind." What Smith called the mercantile system later became known as mercantilism. Mercantilism is now understood...

...as they who believed it. In every country it always is and must be the interest of the great body of people to buy whatever they want of those who sell...had not the interested sophistry of merchants and manufactures confounded the common sense of mankind. 8 It might be nearer to the whole truth to say...

...that the advantages of free trade are "so manifest" that no-one would ever have questioned that policy "had not the interested sophistry of merchants and...manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind" (494). These claims suggest a theory of how common life beliefs, the beliefs of ordinary people, can...

...body of the people, to buy whatever they want of those who sell it cheapest. The proposition is so manifest, that it seems ridiculous to take any pains...manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind. CHAPTER VII. OF COLONIES. When European settlers first established colonies in America and the West...

...produce of our own industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage" (Smith 1976,456-7). 2) "In every country it always is and must be the interest...manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind" (Smith 1976,493-4). 3) It is true "that trade which without force or constraint, is naturally and regularly...

...spirit of monopoly which originally both invented and propagated this doctrine, cannot be doubted. ... In every country it always is and must be the interest...manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind. Their interest is, in this respect, directly opposite to that of the great body of the people It is...

...it. In every country it always is and must be the interest of the great body of the people to' bay whatever they want of those who sell it cheapest The...manufacturers confounded the common sense of mankind. Their interest Is, in this respect, directly opposite to that of the great body of the people. As it...